Englishes in Africa

This book is different in that it opens a range of other topics of research that erupt when one thinks 'from Africa' and considers Englishes as African languages in all their functions. In this sense it is original and could be considered as seminal in a growing field.

Englishes in Africa is an important new edited collection which explores various aspects of English in contemporary Africa. The authors examine the current state of English in eight countries where the language plays a major role: Cameroun, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Morocco, and Zimbabwe. Collectively they demonstrate the growing strength of English in Africa as part of globalization, notwithstanding the time that has elapsed since these countries gained their independence. The book also illuminates the clear tendency among people in anglophone Africa to claim ownership of the forms of English spoken in those countries today. "This book is different in that it opens a range of other topics of research that erupt when one thinks 'from Africa' and considers Englishes as African languages in all their functions. In this sense it is original and could be considered as seminal in a growing field." Maarten Mous, Professor of African Linguistics, Leiden University "The present volume, which brings together African scholars to present their research into African varieties of English, is a welcome and much needed addition to the World Englishes canon." Thomas Hoffmann, Professor of English Language and Linguistics, Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt

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Mayowa Akinlotan works at the Linguistics Research Center of the University of Texas at Austin, USA and is currently Alexander von Humboldt Research fellow at the Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Germany. He received a PhD in English Linguistics from Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium.

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Englishes in Africa is an important new edited collection which explores various aspects of English in contemporary Africa. The authors examine the current state of English in eight countries where the language plays a major role: Cameroun, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Morocco, and Zimbabwe. Collectively they demonstrate the growing strength of English in Africa as part of globalization, notwithstanding the time that has elapsed since these countries gained their independence. The book also illuminates the clear tendency among people in anglophone Africa to claim ownership of the forms of English spoken in those countries today. "This book is different in that it opens a range of other topics of research that erupt when one thinks from Africä and considers Englishes as African languages in all their functions. In this sense it is original and could be considered as seminal in a growing field." Maarten Mous, Professor of African Linguistics, Leiden University "The present volume, which brings together African scholars to present their research into African varieties of English, is a welcome and much needed addition to the World Englishes canon." Thomas Hoffmann, Professor of English Language and Linguistics, Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt

Inhalt

Table of contents Acknowledgments vii Foreword Chapter 1: Thematic grounds in Englishes in Africa Today: An introduction Chapter 2: Defying regime changes and new dispensations: The entrenchment and continuity of English hegemony in Zimbabwe Chapter 3: English meets indigenous African language: A case study of English-Kasem bilinguals in Ghana Chapter 4: English language of instruction and secondary school dichotomies in Kenya: A fresh look at classroom data Chapter 5: The Institutionalisation and integration of English in a Multilingual South African Context Chapter 6: Threat, empathy or (polite) request? The pragmatics of administrative letters in Cameroon English Chapter 7: The influence of globalisation on English norms: the case of abidance to British spelling in Tanzania Chapter 8: How do Nigerian speakers of Nigerian English think of Nigerian English? A case for perceptions, awareness and attitudes to Englishes in Africa Chapter 9: English in the expanding circle of Morocco: A sociolinguistic exploration